(v. t.) To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.
(v. t.) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at proper distance; to align; as, to dress the ranks.
(v. t.) To treat methodically with remedies, bandages, or curative appliances, as a sore, an ulcer, a wound, or a wounded or diseased part.
(v. t.) To adjust; to put in good order; to arrange; specifically: (a) To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready; as, to dress a slain animal; to dress meat; to dress leather or cloth; to dress or trim a lamp; to dress a garden; to dress a horse, by currying and rubbing; to dress grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores, by sorting and separating them.
(v. t.) To cut to proper dimensions, or give proper shape to, as to a tool by hammering; also, to smooth or finish.
(v. t.) To put in proper condition by appareling, as the body; to put clothes upon; to apparel; to invest with garments or rich decorations; to clothe; to deck.
(v. t.) To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal.
(v. i.) To arrange one's self in due position in a line of soldiers; -- the word of command to form alignment in ranks; as, Right, dress!
(v. i.) To clothe or apparel one's self; to put on one's garments; to pay particular regard to dress; as, to dress quickly.
(n.) That which is used as the covering or ornament of the body; clothes; garments; habit; apparel.
(n.) A lady's gown; as, silk or a velvet dress.
(n.) Attention to apparel, or skill in adjusting it.
(n.) The system of furrows on the face of a millstone.
Example Sentences:
(1) In this study of ten consecutive patients sustaining molten metal injuries to the lower extremity who were treated with excision and grafting, treatment with compression Unna paste boot was compared with that with conventional dressing.
(2) Calcium alginate dressings have been used in the treatment of pressure ulcers and leg ulcers.
(3) I usually use them as a rag with which to clean the toilet but I didn’t have anything else to wear today because I’m so fat.” While this exchange will sound baffling to outsiders, to Brits it actually sounds like this: “You like my dress?
(4) This is a struggle for the survival of our nation.” As ever, after Trump’s media dressing-down, his operation was quick to fit a velvet glove to an iron fist.
(5) Based on these observations, the authors think it prudent to remove such dressings before performing leukocyte imaging.
(6) Then there were the mini-dress-wearing Barclaycard girls whose job was “to help educate and change people’s minds”.
(7) Peroneal nerve palsy may be avoided by careful surgical technique and postoperative dressings.
(8) The Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living (Index of ADL) is a scale whose grades reflect profiles of behavioral levels of six sociobiological functions, namely, bathing, dressing, toileting, transfer, continence, and feeding.
(9) But it is as a winner of "best dressed" and "most inspiring" awards that she remains well-known.
(10) I would like to add the spirit within the dressing room, it is much better now.
(11) An actor dressed like one of the polar bears that figure in Coke ads limped up, wearing a prosthesis on one paw, a dialysis bag and tubing.
(12) Ease of use has meant that a greater number of patients with superficial burns can be treated as outpatients and many are able to do their own daily dressing change, so fewer attendances at the clinic are needed.
(13) So that you know he's evil, he is dressed like a giant, bedraggled grey duckling, in a fur coat made up of bits of chewed-up wolf.
(14) Schyman comes across like a fusion of Germaine Greer and Ken Livingstone, dressed in Parisian chic with a maroon dress and a colourful scarf.
(15) Spoon over the dressing and eat immediately, while the tomatoes are still hot and the bread is crisp.
(16) A family who live next door to the Bredon Croft address said Masood used to turn up in Islamic dress and take their neighbours’ children to a mosque, though they did not know which one.
(17) Clare, 17, says her dress was well within guidelines for the event's dress code - it was "fingertip length".
(18) In the HCD group, 66 (86.8%) pressure sores improved compared with 36 (69.2%) pressure sores in the wet-to-dry dressings group.
(19) What was very worrying was at half‑time when you go in the dressing room, I could sense there was no response.
(20) It sells itself to British tourists as a holiday heaven of golden beaches, flamenco dresses and well-stocked sherry bars, but southern Andalucía – home to the Costa del Sol – has now become the focus of worries about the euro.
Jumper
Definition:
(n.) One who, or that which, jumps.
(n.) A long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen.
(n.) A rude kind of sleigh; -- usually, a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills.
(n.) The larva of the cheese fly. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
(n.) A name applied in the 18th century to certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions.
(n.) spring to impel the star wheel, also a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.
(n.) A loose upper garment
(n.) A sort of blouse worn by workmen over their ordinary dress to protect it.
(n.) A fur garment worn in Arctic journeys.
Example Sentences:
(1) Oh but Chalmers does find Rashard Lewis, who makes a jumper.
(2) 1.44am BST Heat 19-30 Spurs, 11:00 remaining in 2nd quarter Splitter assists Ginobili who hits a jumper, this Spurs run continues.
(3) She was followed by Paralympic long jumper Mami Sato, whose home town was hit by the tsunami, and powerfully described the power of sport to inspire.
(4) It’s going to be harder in Zurich, because there’s going to be a lot more eight-metre jumpers,” he says, citing the reigning champion, Christian Reif, who has jumped 8.49m this season, as his main opposition Rutherford won gold in Glasgow with a modest leap of 8.20m but, as he points out, the chilly conditions were hardly conducive to leaping far.
(5) The athletes were mostly volley ball players, jumpers or runners.
(6) The flagship West London Free School, which was set up by journalist Toby Young, for example, insists parents buy school blazers priced from £37.50, jumpers from £19, ties at £4.80 and bags from £16, from approved supplier Billings & Edmonds.
(7) The prevention and treatment of 'jumper's knee' requires a high degree of cooperation among trainers, doctors and athletes.
(8) The volleyball players were the more linear in physique and the better jumpers.
(9) I would be sitting in the studio with my headphones on, my back to the studio door, live on air, and couldn't hear a thing except what was in my headphones, and then I'd find these wandering hands up my jumper fondling my breasts," she said.
(10) You're so cute, look at you in your little jumper!"
(11) "Let's be honest, money talks," says the former triple jumper Jonathan Edwards, who now sits on the London 2012 board.
(12) During this period the authors treated about 150 cases of jumper's knee, of which 34 cases were treated by operation.
(13) She's a completely unlikely looking 58 and is sitting in front of a stark all-white backdrop simply dressed all in black – black jeans and a black jumper that emphasises her extraordinary swan-like neck – and she is completely focused.
(14) 2.37am BST Heat 51-50 Spurs, 8:53 left in the third quarter James makes a jumper, Leonard misses a three, Lewis makes a two pointer.
(15) Their focus on supernatural faith – on healing and speaking in tongues – is shared with LoveBristol, but E 5 put less emphasis on woolly jumpers and green politics and more on slick online videos and social media .
(16) She went to the grammar school he never did, wearing school jumpers hand-knitted from magazine patterns.
(17) I fished my mobile out of my pocket and wrapped it in an AUF jumper that had been left on the rock.
(18) The loud ties, hideous jumpers, bottles of Drambuie, dubious perfumes and aftershaves, second copies of DVDs, panettones and stultifying board games are all an extension of that.
(19) Winmar, who played 251 AFL games, made a stand against racism in 1993 when he lifted his jumper and pointed to his skin after being jeered by Collingwood fans at Victoria Park.
(20) 3.02am BST Heat 38-42 Spurs, 5:20, second quarter And Ginobili steals on the next possession, hey here's something good, he gets the ball into Tony Parker's capable hands and the point guard hits a two-pointer, Lewis misses a jumper on the other end and Duncan turns a Diaw steal into a dunk and now it's Miami's turn to take a time out.